Post by oldgeek on Jun 7, 2014 21:29:48 GMT -5
I realized today I have a 6" disk/belt bench sander somewhere in my shed. I dug it out, and went to pick up some discs for it. The best I could do was some 80 grit. I set the sander up, and 4 discs and 45 minuets later I ended up with this.
Looks pretty good? But looks are deceiving. While it is nice and flat, it is not straight in relation to the case. It is over .6 mm off. I guess I was heavy handed on the sanding wheel. Oh well I will work on it tomorrow, and this time I will have a caliper to check with as I do it. It does not have to be perfect, but it does have to be better than it is.
I met a young guy last week, he stays a couple homes up from me. He was on some type of scooter I had never seen before. He came by today, and asked if he could borrow a few tools so he could clean the carb on his scooter. I invited him to bring it over and work on it in my yard. His name is Demil, and he is from Bulgaria. He is here to work the summer as a lifeguard on the beach. Turns out he is well versed in the 2T world, mostly piaggio, and the stuff we don't see much of here. His current scooter is "crap" in his words, and I tend to agree! The carb will not idle without choke, and it appears to have just a main jet. I am not much help with 4T stuff, but He seemed to be doing ok. We ended up going on a ride after he got done working on his scoot. I let him ride the VINO, and I rode my 70cc yamati. We had a blast, but traffic was hell, so we cut the ride short, and worked our way back home.
This is the scooter he was on.
Looks pretty good? But looks are deceiving. While it is nice and flat, it is not straight in relation to the case. It is over .6 mm off. I guess I was heavy handed on the sanding wheel. Oh well I will work on it tomorrow, and this time I will have a caliper to check with as I do it. It does not have to be perfect, but it does have to be better than it is.
I met a young guy last week, he stays a couple homes up from me. He was on some type of scooter I had never seen before. He came by today, and asked if he could borrow a few tools so he could clean the carb on his scooter. I invited him to bring it over and work on it in my yard. His name is Demil, and he is from Bulgaria. He is here to work the summer as a lifeguard on the beach. Turns out he is well versed in the 2T world, mostly piaggio, and the stuff we don't see much of here. His current scooter is "crap" in his words, and I tend to agree! The carb will not idle without choke, and it appears to have just a main jet. I am not much help with 4T stuff, but He seemed to be doing ok. We ended up going on a ride after he got done working on his scoot. I let him ride the VINO, and I rode my 70cc yamati. We had a blast, but traffic was hell, so we cut the ride short, and worked our way back home.
This is the scooter he was on.
